Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered the military to recertify all 25,000 people involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault.

Gov. Pat McCrory says a bill laying out how wind farms can operate in North Carolina will help create a diverse supply of energy for the state and boost the economy.

The Safe Kids Onslow event goes from 10 a.m. to 2p.m. Saturday and the Kohl's store parking lot on Western Boulevard.

Police say Kincaid was driving in Jacksonville with Terri Denise Padgett when they crashed on April 1, 2012. Both were thrown from the vehicle and Padgett died at the scene.

A national magazine publication named a Pitt County restaurant on it's list of the 10 Best BBQ Joints in America.

The Kenansville community in Duplin County is coming together to help a family pay medical bills for a baby girl with brain cancer.

Powerball officials say the jackpot has climbed to an estimated $600 million, making it the largest prize in the game's history and the world's second largest lottery prize.

As we face the start of another hurricane season in just a couple of weeks, some in the east are still rebuilding after hurricane Irene nearly two years ago. A Pamlico County church is looking for some help.

The Wake County Sheriff's Office said 33-year-old Misty Michelle Mullins was shot after breaking into a second home around midday Friday.

Gov. Malloy: 60 transported to hospitals after Conn. train crash, 5 critical, 1 very critical.

A former minister and newspaper columnist in the east is charged with sex offenses with a child.

It will be a warm and humid weekend with the risk of a few thunderstorms.

Police say they have charged the driver of an SUV that went crashing into a business this morning in New Bern.

The crash has closed down Taylor Road in Beaufort as crews work to stop the leaking gas.

North Carolina's unemployment rate fell to 8.9 percent in April -- the lowest unemployment rate in the state in four years.

A Dudley man is in jail on a $750,000 bond after his arrest for shooting someone, robbing a couple and possessing drugs. All three cases happened in Wayne County.

On Wednesday the Greenville Regional Drug Task Force arrested Laquonne Anthony and Joshua Nobles after a search of a residence on Summerhaven Drive.

Greenville Police said four robbers were looking for someone specific when they broke into an apartment Friday morning.

It's a pretty strange object to steal, but the Pitt County Sheriff's Office has arrested a suspect who they say made off with an old antique iron tub.

Shifting sand continues to cause problems to get the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferries back on their original route.

A group of law inforcement officers are running a relay across our state all to benefit Special Olympics North Carolina.

The Disabled American Veterans mobile service office made a stop in Jacksonville Thursday to educate Veterans and their families on their benefits and services.

An autopsy shows the body of a Clayton woman found inside her car after it was towed to an impound lot had a blood-alcohol level of 0.18 percent, and suggests she may not have lived long after the crash.

A judge has refused to halt Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's policy denying driver's licenses for young immigrants who have gotten work permits and avoided deportation under an Obama administration policy.

Seven volunteer fire departments in Carteret County failed their state inspections this past month and now have a year to fix any problems or face possible closure.